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Very nice, I am now a Huge fan of the Spitfire, and I wanted a cheap pylon racer airframe for my club's foamy pylon racing events. Thank you guys so much for this airframe, keep them coming David!
Edit: I also modded the Spitfire to use cold formed Dollar tree foam board instead of poster board. It added so much strength, and looked way better in the end.
I'm guessing you mean the FT Racer? The plans are up in the first post right under the video...What are the measures of the FT Race???
Here is the mod on my current spit. the paint ruined the paper so it looks really ugly now, I will do a build thread this weekend though, I want another spit!
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Basically, I just reduced the former size by the thickness of the foam, peeled the paper off the bottom of the foam, and formed the foam to the formers with the edge of a table and trimmed it to fit
will this motor work for this plane?? http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=12919
I only made this one. I'm interested as well, as long is it has a gentle stall then I'm happy. I have programmed some flaperons so that should help to get some slower landings. One other thing i did which i didn't take any pics of as put in some extra ribs internally on the rear side of the wing spar to get more surface area when glueing wing. I found that there was very little surface area at the glue wasn't holding very well. Hopefully ill be able to get it out tomorrow and see how it flies.Nice! I am curious as to how the loss of the undercamber will affect it's flying feel. Did you also build one per plans to compare?
Hi Jackedman, I'm no expert but i wouldn't suggest that motor, its quite a high KV and is meant to be used with a smaller prop. I actually have that motor and i run it with 5x5 and 6x4 props on an airboat i made. You want a lower KV motor for these planes between 1000kv and 1500kv would be about right. I have actually just built this plane and i have this motor with a 8X4 prop. I haven't flown it yet but its the same motor i use on my spitfire.
Here are some pics of my build. I made a quite a few changes to the design though. First i narrowed the fuselage, since its only wider for aesthetic reasons i thoughts i would keep it narrow and streamlined. I also got rid of the under cambered wingtip sections. Lastly i moved the servos so that they completely internal, and are mounted just behind the tallest former. I haven't had a chance to fly it yet, but ill let you guys know how it goes.